{"id":9995,"date":"2025-08-10T22:59:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T14:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=9995"},"modified":"2025-12-20T09:29:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T01:29:39","slug":"20250810detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810detroit\/","title":{"rendered":"Flights for a Day Trip to Detroit, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August 10, 2025. I made a day-trip to the suburbs of Detroit to watch the Junior League World Series. This post would be about the flights back and forth, together with a few photos from the match.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_065356.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_065356.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Skyline\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Philadelphia Skyline<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide.min.2.4.21.js\"><\/script>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide-skyblue.min.css\">\n<script>\ndocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n\tvar secondarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-1', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-major-1', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider1.sync( secondarySlider1 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider2 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-2', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider2 = new Splide( '#splide-major-2', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider2.sync( secondarySlider2 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider3 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-3', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider3 = new Splide( '#splide-major-3', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider3.sync( secondarySlider3 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider4 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-4', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:67,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:57,height:38,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider4 = new Splide( '#splide-major-4', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider4.sync( secondarySlider4 ).mount();\n} );\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Ticketing\">Ticketing<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Just like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/11\/20240811detroit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my trip to watch the Junior League World Series last year<\/a>, I needed to catch the earliest available flights out of Boston to arrive before the match&#8217;s first pitch at noon. Fortunately, this time I secured an itinerary connecting through Philadelphia rather than Chicago, as I had done last year. The more direct routing meant I flew out of Boston at 5:54am (instead of 5:15), which made the early morning wake-up somewhat more bearable. <span style=\"font-size: small;\">Coincidentally, this itinerary also cost 7.5k AA miles, just like last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For the return flight, unlike last year, Spirit had exited the Detroit-Boston market, so this time I found an itinerary with American at 8k miles, with a tight connection in Charlotte. Given it&#8217;s a Sunday night, 8k miles was somewhat unbelievably cheap, despite I was only scheduled to arrive in Boston past midnight. Expectedly, there was a schedule change invalidating my tight connection, so I changed my connection to Chicago, moving up my arrival time a bit (only for it to be pushed back due to flight delays).<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"American_Airlines_flight_1146_and_5480_from_Boston_to_Detroit_via_Philadelphia\">American Airlines flight 1146 and 5480 from Boston to Detroit via Philadelphia<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This was the first flight of the day, but the cabin was surprisingly full. Having several American Airlines flights scheduled throughout the month, I had wisely purchased their monthly WiFi subscription earlier, and on this A321neo, connectivity was available gate-to-gate. <span style=\"font-size: small;\">Honestly, such short hops hardly seem the ideal deployment for the A321neo&#8217;s efficiencies, unless American simply needed to reposition aircraft between stations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>American Airlines 1146<br \/>\nBoston, MA (BOS) &#8211; Philadelphia, PA (PHL)<br \/>\nAirbus 321neo (N402AN)<br \/>\nSeat 5F<br \/>\nScheduled Departure &#8211; 5:54am<br \/>\nActual Departure    &#8211; 6:04am<br \/>\nScheduled Arrival   &#8211; 7:30am<br \/>\nActual Arrival \t    &#8211; 6:56am<br \/>\n42 minutes<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s GPS tracking:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:3\/2;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=244209275&#038;measures=off&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video of the takeoff:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/djmstXxzEdk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_060958.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_060958.jpg\" alt=\"Massachusetts Coast\" \/><\/a><\/br>Massachusetts Coast<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_064147.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_064147.jpg\" alt=\"Long Beach Island New Jersey\" \/><\/a><\/br>Long Beach Island New Jersey<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_064600.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_064600.jpg\" alt=\"Morning Mist over New Jersey Countryside\" \/><\/a><\/br>Morning Mist over New Jersey Countryside<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/20250810_060958.jpg\" alt=\"Massachusetts Coast\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/20250810_064147.jpg\" alt=\"Long Beach Island New Jersey\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/20250810_064600.jpg\" alt=\"Morning Mist over New Jersey Countryside\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-1, #splide-thumb-1 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_060958.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_060958.jpg\" alt=\"Massachusetts Coast\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Massachusetts Coast<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_064147.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_064147.jpg\" alt=\"Long Beach Island New Jersey\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Long Beach Island New Jersey<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_064600.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_064600.jpg\" alt=\"Morning Mist over New Jersey Countryside\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Morning Mist over New Jersey Countryside<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>It was a largely uneventful flight off the Atlantic coast, at a relatively low cruising altitude of 6400m (FL21). Shortly before landing, I was treated to a spectacular view of Philadelphia&#8217;s skyline bathed in the golden light of the morning sun. <\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_065326.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_065326.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Skyline\" \/><\/a><\/br>Philadelphia Skyline<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_065350.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_065350.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Skyline\" \/><\/a><\/br>Philadelphia Skyline<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_065414.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_065414.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Skyline\" \/><\/a><\/br>Philadelphia Skyline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/20250810_065326.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Skyline\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/20250810_065350.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Skyline\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/20250810_065414.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Skyline\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-2, #splide-thumb-2 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of Philadelphia&#8217;s Skyline shortly before landing.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_065326.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_065326.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Skyline\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Philadelphia Skyline<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_065350.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_065350.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Skyline\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Philadelphia Skyline<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_065414.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_065414.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Skyline\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Philadelphia Skyline<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video of the landing:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X5S70k3dVGc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We landed more than half an hour ahead of schedule, that meant I could attend to some work on my laptop before my next flight to Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>American Airlines 5480 <span style=\"font-size: small;\">Operated by PSA Airlines<\/span><br \/>\nPhiladelphia, PA (PHL) &#8211; Detroit, MI (DTW)<br \/>\nBombardier CRJ-700 (N725PS)<br \/>\nSeat 2F<br \/>\nScheduled Departure &#8211; 8:20am<br \/>\nActual Departure    &#8211; 8:50am<br \/>\nScheduled Arrival   &#8211; 10:06am<br \/>\nActual Arrival \t    &#8211; 9:56am<br \/>\n1 hour and 6 minutes<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s GPS tracking:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:3\/2;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=244209324&#038;measures=off&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video of the takeoff:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uFcPI27Udw8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the productivity narrative took an unexpected turn on this leg. This particular aircraft (CRJ-700, N725PS) seemed to feature a different WiFi system (Gogo&#8217;s air-to-ground technology) than the other American planes I flew throughout the month. It only became available once we reached 3,000 meters, and even then, the connection proved disappointingly sluggish, scarcely exceeding 1Mbps.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_080412.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_080412.jpg\" width=\"89.8%\" alt=\"American Eagle CRJ700 (N725PS)\" \/><\/a><\/br>American Eagle CRJ700 (N725PS)<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">My plane to Detroit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_085650.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_085650.jpg\" width=\"89.8%\" alt=\"Coatesville Pennsylvania\" \/><\/a><\/br>Coatesville Pennsylvania<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Typical Pennsylvania countryside.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_090200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_090200.jpg\" width=\"96.8%\" alt=\"Susquehanna River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Susquehanna River<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_090341.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_090341.jpg\" width=\"89.8%\" alt=\"Susquehanna River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Susquehanna River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Outskirts of York Pennsylvania.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_095003C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_095003C.jpg\" alt=\"Gordie Howe International Bridge\" \/><\/a><\/br>Gordie Howe International Bridge<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A bridge connecting US and Canada that&#8217;s near the end of its construction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_095021.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_095021.jpg\" width=\"96.8%\" alt=\"Distant Downtown Detroit\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Downtown Detroit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/20250810_080412.jpg\" alt=\"American Eagle CRJ700 (N725PS)\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/20250810_085650.jpg\" alt=\"Coatesville Pennsylvania\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/20250810_090200.jpg\" alt=\"Susquehanna River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/20250810_090341.jpg\" alt=\"Susquehanna River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/20250810_095003C.jpg\" alt=\"Gordie Howe International Bridge\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/20250810_095021.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Downtown Detroit\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-3, #splide-thumb-3 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_080412.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_080412.jpg\" alt=\"American Eagle CRJ700 (N725PS)\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>American Eagle CRJ700 (N725PS)<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">My plane to Detroit.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_085650.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_085650.jpg\" alt=\"Coatesville Pennsylvania\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Coatesville Pennsylvania<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Typical Pennsylvania countryside.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_090200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_090200.jpg\" alt=\"Susquehanna River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Susquehanna River<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_090341.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_090341.jpg\" alt=\"Susquehanna River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Susquehanna River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Outskirts of York Pennsylvania.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_095003C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_095003C.jpg\" alt=\"Gordie Howe International Bridge\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Gordie Howe International Bridge<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A bridge connecting US and Canada that&#8217;s near the end of its construction.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_095021.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_095021.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Downtown Detroit\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Downtown Detroit<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a video of the landing. Interestingly, upon landing in Detroit, the cabin crew welcomed us to &#8220;Philadelphia&#8221;. &#x1f628;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M5ondCoeYg8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"The_Game\">The Game<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Just like last year, here&#8217;s a quick rundown of a selection of photos I took during the game. <span style=\"font-size: small;\">But unlike last year, I was too lazy to properly title them. &#x1f62b;<\/span> These photos are in the public domain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6677C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6677C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6686C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6686C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6708C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6708C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6724C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6724C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6731C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6731C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6752C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6752C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6756C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6756C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6761C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6761C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6766C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6766C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6769C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6769C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6789C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6789C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6799C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6799C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6806C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6806C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6819C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6819C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>2025 Junior League World Series Game<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6677C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6686C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6708C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6724C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6731C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6752C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6756C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6761C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6766C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6769C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6789C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6799C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6806C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6819C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-4, #splide-thumb-4 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6677C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6677C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>2025 Junior League World Series Game<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6686C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6686C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>2025 Junior League World Series Game<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6708C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6708C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>2025 Junior League World Series Game<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6724C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6724C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>2025 Junior League World Series Game<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6731C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6731C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>2025 Junior League World Series Game<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6752C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6752C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>2025 Junior League World Series Game<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6756C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6756C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>2025 Junior League World Series Game<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6761C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6761C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>2025 Junior League World Series Game<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6766C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6766C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>2025 Junior League World Series Game<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/DSC_6769C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/DSC_6819C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Junior League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>2025 Junior League World Series Game<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"American_Airlines_flight_3365_and_3107_from_Detroit_to_Boston_via_Chicago\">American Airlines flight 3365 and 3107 from Detroit to Boston via Chicago<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Fast forward to my flights back to Boston. Much like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/28\/20250628flights\/#Alaska_Airlines_Flight_59_American_Airlines_Flights_2619_and_1933_from_Anchorage_to_Boston_via_Minneapolis_and_Charlotte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my flights from Anchorage 6 weeks ago<\/a>, there was widespread delay at Chicago O&#8217;Hare today. (This time, weather didn&#8217;t appear to be the culprit.) My original itinerary was<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AA 3365 Detroit 6:49pm -> Chicago O\u2019Hare 7:21pm<\/li>\n<li>AA 2682 Chicago O\u2019Hare 8:25pm -> Boston 11:59pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This represented what is typically a comfortable one-hour connection.<br \/>\nHowever, at 3:30pm, while en route to the airport, I received an email notification that AA 3365 to Chicago had been delayed, with a new arrival time of 7:49pm. This left me with just over the reportedly 35-minute minimum connection time before AA 2682 to Boston departed, not quite enough for the phone agent to classify this as an involuntary schedule change.<br \/>\nHad I not been routing through Chicago, there were two alternative connections through either LaGuardia or Washington Reagan, both departing Detroit around 5:30pm with available seats. Unfortunately, without the involuntary designation, I couldn&#8217;t be rebooked onto those flights.<\/p>\n<p>After settling into Detroit Airport and watching the delays cascade further for both of my flights, I made another call to American Airlines. This time, they agreed to treat this as an involuntary schedule change, but neither of my alternative options had available seats. With my options exhausted, I decided to give up on my damage mitigation efforts and simply sit and relax. <span style=\"font-size: small;\">AA 2682 was also delayed, so at least an overnight stay at O&#8217;Hare seemed unlikely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The experience at Detroit Airport, however, left much to be desired. The airport WiFi was very slow. <del>(I probably included too many references to WiFi speed and productivity in what is otherwise a leisure travel post.)<\/del> Additionally, there was a very unprofessional Frontier gate agent blasting through the PA like she was announcing the apocalypse rather than seat assignments nextdoor.<\/p>\n<p>American Airlines 3365 <span style=\"font-size: small;\">Operated by Enovy Airlines<\/span><br \/>\nDetroit, MI (DTW) &#8211; Chicago O&#8217;Hare, IL (ORD)<br \/>\nEmbraer ERJ-170 (N766JM)<br \/>\nSeat 3F<br \/>\nScheduled Departure &#8211; 6:49pm<br \/>\nActual Departure    &#8211; 7:49pm<br \/>\nScheduled Arrival   &#8211; 7:21pm<br \/>\nActual Arrival \t    &#8211; 7:34pm<br \/>\n45 minutes<\/p>\n<p>For my flight from Detroit to Chicago, fortunately, there was no additional delay since the first email notification this afternoon. However, continuing the downward trajectory of my luck with WiFi since this morning, this time, I found myself unable to even access the in-flight WiFi login page.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/20250810_203004.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/10\/thumbnails\/20250810_203004.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Michigan Coast\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lake Michigan Coast<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Northern suburb of Michigan.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>After a 14-minute taxi since touchdown in Chicago O&#8217;Hare, we pulled into the gate at 7:48pm, about an hour before my connecting flight (AA2682, which was also delayed). As it happened, an earlier flight to Boston (AA3107), originally scheduled to depart at 7:10pm, still had a few available seats and hadn&#8217;t yet left the gate. Better still, its gate lay directly along the route to my original connection of AA2682.<br \/>\nSo I made haste for AA3107, and after a 10-second exchange with its gate agents, made it onto the flight on standby.<\/p>\n<p>American Airlines 3107<br \/>\nBoeing 737-800 (N315PE)<br \/>\nSeat 8E<br \/>\nScheduled Departure &#8211; 7:10pm<br \/>\nActual Departure    &#8211; 9:01pm<br \/>\nScheduled Arrival   &#8211; 10:42pm<br \/>\nActual Arrival \t    &#8211; 12:03am + 1<br \/>\n2 hours and 2 minutes<\/p>\n<p>This was the only flight of the day that I wasn&#8217;t upgraded. Given that I didn&#8217;t have a good shot at upgrading for my original AA2682, I had little to lose in making the standby, which ended up getting me home about half an hour earlier. This also meant I didn&#8217;t have a very productivity-friendly seating. After having been awake for more than 16 hours, I was rather hoping to catch some rest on this flight. Consequently, there is no WiFi review here. &#x1f634;<\/p>\n<p>END<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 10, 2025. I made a day-trip to the suburbs of Detroit to watch the Junior League World Series. This post would be about the flights back and forth, together with a few photos from the match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[188],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9995"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9995"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10100,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9995\/revisions\/10100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}